Saturday’s Softball Results
Akron 9, Illinois 2
Bowling Green 12, Tennessee State 0 (6 inn.)
Buffalo 7, Florida Gulf Coast 3
Central Michigan 9, Long Island 2
Kent State 5, Bucknell 4
UMass 8, Kansas 0
Miami 10, Radford 2
Miami 1, Campbell 0
Northern Illinois 8, Morehead State 7
Northern Illinois 8, North Carolina A&T 7
Ohio 4, Charleston Southern 1
Western Michigan 12, Butler 2
North Carolina State 7, Akron 3
East Tennessee State 3, Bowling Green 2
Wisconsin 8, Buffalo 3
Minnesota 6, Central Michigan 1
UNC Greensboro 7, Kent State 0
Southern Indiana 4, UMass 2
Penn State 16, Ohio 1
Maryland 4, Toledo 0
Syracuse 4, Toledo 3
Recaps courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments

Akron 9, Illinois 2 | Box Score
North Carolina State 7, Akron 3 | Box Score
RALEIGH, NC – The Akron Zips split a doubleheader on the second day of the Raleigh Times Tournament, defeating Illinois 9-2 then falling to host NC State 7-3.

Akron got contributions from every part of their lineup, as all nine starters reached base safely, helping the Zips put nine runs on the board to beat the Illinois Fighting Illini 9-2.
 
The Zips recorded four homeruns as Sophia Wygast registered a 3-run homer and Katie Cantrell blasted a 2-run homer. Haley Glass and Sydney Selker both launched solo homeruns, while Glass went 2 for 3 with a pair of runs scored. Lily Sullivan also went 2 for 3 at the plate.
 
Madie Jamrog (1-4) started in the circle and picked up the win for Akron (5-9). The right-hander went seven innings, giving up two runs, one earned, on nine hits, allowing two walks and striking out four.

The Zips got on the board immediately, starting their scoring with two runs in the top of the first inning. Akron picked up a pair of runs in the frame.
 
The Fighting Illini failed to push any runs across before the Zips offense got back to their scoring ways the next inning. Akron managed to push across two runs in the inning, which brought the score to 4-0 in favor of the Zips.
 
Illinois narrowed Akron's lead to 4-1 before the Zips stretched the advantage to 6-1 in the fifth inning.
 
Akron held the Fighting Illini without a run before their offense got back in action the next inning. Senior Brooke Sivek and freshman Liv Brown each scored a run for the Zips in the inning, bringing the score to 8-1 in favor of Akron.
 
Illinois got within 8-2 until the Zips scored again in the seventh inning to stretch its lead to 9-2. Glass came across to score the lone run of the inning for Akron and get them on the board. The score remained 9-2 for the rest of the game, as the Zips coasted to the win.

Bowling Green 12, Tennessee State 0 | Box Score
East Tennessee State 3, Bowling Green 2 | Box Score
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Addie Martin homered twice and drove in five runs as the Bowling Green State University softball team trounced Tennessee State University, 12-0 in six innings, on Saturday morning (Feb. 21). The game, part of day-two action in the ETSU Tournament, was held at Betty Basler Field.

In the second game of the day, host East Tennessee State University hung on for a 3-2 win over the Falcons (8-2).

BGSU pitching allowed just four hits – two in each game – in 12 total innings on Saturday.

Martin, a redshirt sophomore, had a pair of two-run homers against the Tigers in Saturday's opener, while junior Taylor Behrendt had a bases-loaded, bases-clearing double. Another junior, Cameron Kaufman, doubled and homered, scoring three runs in the win.

Sophomore Madison Wendel picked up the victory in the circle, facing just three batters over the minimum in five innings of work. She allowed two hits, walking one and striking out three. Classmate Morgan Beckham retired all three batters she faced in the sixth inning as the duo combined on a two-hit shutout.

In game two, junior Alyvia Roth fired a complete-game two-hitter, but one of those hits was a two-run homer by Payton Moore that broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning.

Senior Hannah Hunt led off the sixth inning with a homer that cut the ETSU lead in half, but Bucs pitcher Eden Muncy then retired the next six batters to close out the win.

BGSU-TSU – HOW IT HAPPENED
• After a scoreless first frame, BGSU broke on top in the second. Cameron Kaufman led off the inning with a single, and Addie Martin's one-out homer to center gave the Falcons a 2-0 lead.
• The fourth inning began very similar to the second, as Kaufman led off with a hit, this time a double, before trotting home on Martin's one-out round-tripper.
• Ava McKee then singled, and Kendall Mathews walked. After a wild pitch, Hannah Simko reached on an error that allowed pinch-runner Delaney Davis to score, and Katie Hutter's ground ball to the right side plated Mathews and gave BG a six-run lead.
• Meanwhile, BGSU starter retired the first 11 Tigers she faced, before allowing a two-out double to Jace Jackson in the bottom of the fourth. A walk put two runners aboard before Wendel got an inning-ending ground ball.
• The Falcons tacked on a run in the fifth inning, as Hannah Hunt walked before Kaufman's sacrifice bunt moved Izzy Ray to second. A ground ball advanced the runner to third, and Ray scored on Martin's single, for Martin's fifth RBI of the morning and a 7-0 lead.
• Then, in the sixth, the Falcons sent nine batters to the plate, scoring five runs. McKee had a leadoff single, and Mathews reached on an error. Katie Hutter was hit by a pitch, and Taylor Behrendt followed with a bases-loaded, bases-clearing double.
• After a fly ball produced the second out of the inning, Kaufman homered to left to put an exclamation point on the win. Morgan Beckham replaced Wendel in the circle and worked a one-two-three inning as BG captured the run-rule win.
• Martin was 3-for-5 with two homers and the five RBI, while Kaufman was a perfect 3-for-3 with a double, a homer, a sac bunt, three runs scored and two RBI.
• Behrendt walked, had the three-run double and scored, and Mathews scored a pair of runs in the win.

Buffalo 7, Florida Gulf Coast 3 | Box Score
Wisconsin 8, Buffalo 3 | Box Score
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The University at Buffalo softball team (4-10, 0-0 MAC) lost to the Wisconsin Badgers in their morning game, 8-3, but followed it up with a 7-3 win over the FGCU Eagles on Saturday.

The Bulls bounced back in their second game of the day with a 7-3 win over the FGCU Eagles. From the start, the game went in favor of the Bulls. Emily Gorman led the game off getting hit by a pitch followed by a stolen base. Reagan Terwilliger walked, but Gorman advanced to third. With Bella Smithson at the plate, the Bulls put two runners in scoring position as Terwilliger stole second. Smithson singled to left to score Gorman to take the early 1-0 lead. With runners on the corners, Nicole Allen reached on a fielding error by the third baseman resulting in Terwilliger to score. A fly out by Abbey Nagel moved Smithson over to third, but she wasn't there long as Allen stole second causing a bad throw going in the outfield. Smithson trotted home to take a 3-0 lead.

It was a quick three up, three down inning for Olivia Russ in the bottom of the first. Scoring came to a halt as the score remained 3-0 through four innings of play. In the fifth, Terwilliger reached base on a fielding error and then stole second. Smithson flew out to left, but it was deep enough to advance Terwilliger to third. With two outs in the next at bat, Allen beat out an infield hit to shortstop to score Terwilliger. Up 4-0, FGCU scored in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-1 after five.

Buffalo added three runs to their cause in the sixth with a key hit by Terwilliger. She ripped her sixth career triple down the right field line that scored Tabitha von Kolen and Gorman. A Smithson sac fly to right center scored Terwilliger to push Buffalo's lead to 7-1.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Eagles cut Buffalo's lead to 7-3 as a single to shallow center scored a pair of runs.

The Bulls held off any future threat as FGCU went down in order in the seventh to secure the win.

Russ allowed three runs on six hits and a walk as she earned her third win of the season.

Bri Delaney led the Bulls with two hits, as five other Bulls recorded a hit. Terwilliger reached base in three of her four plate appearances as she earned two walks. She scored three runs on the night.

Central Michigan 9, Long Island 2 | Box Score
Minnesota 6, Central Michigan 1 | Box Score
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Central Michigan Softball splint the second day of the Gopher Indoor Classic at USBank Stadium. The Chippewas move to 4-5 on the season and Minnesota advanced to 6-7 and LIU ended the day at 0-14.

Alexa Carter hit two home runs and London Williams hit a shot of her own to score five of the nine runs for Central Michigan. Carter ended the first game 2-3 as well as Rachel Cairo and Emma Lotus. Angela Petrovitch went 2-2 with a walk and a triple. Williams and Carter each tallied three RBI.

The game started hot when Petrovitch tripled over the head of the LIU right fielder and score on a single from Williams. A run was walked in, scored by Williams to give CMU the 2-0 tilt.

Emma Lotus singled down the right filed line and plated Cairo and Jenna Kuzara; 4-1 CMU.

The next three runs were scored via two of the home runs, and the final run came from Carters second round tripper of the game in the sixth.

LIU scored in the first with an RBI double and again in the 3^rd with an RBI single.

Brooklyn Compau took the start and threw 4.0 innings issuing three hits with five strikeouts. Cierra Laska entered in relief for three shutout innings with just one hit allowed. CMU tallied 12 hits in the game, the sixth of the season with 10+ hits.

Kent State 5, Bucknell 4 | Box Score
UNC Greensboro 7, Kent State 0 | Box Score
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Kent State Softball team (8-5) split a pair of games on Saturday at day two of the UNCG Invitational. The Golden Flashes defeated Bucknell University 5-4 in eight innings in the morning before falling to hosting University of North Carolina Greensboro 7-0 in afternoon. The Golden Flashes will wrap up the UNCG Invitational on Sunday, Feb. 22. Their final game is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. against hosting UNC Greensboro.

UMass 8, Kansas 0 | Box Score
Southern Indiana 4, UMass 2 | Box Score
BOCA RATON, Fla. –– University of Massachusetts softball split a doubleheader against Kansas and Southern Indiana on Saturday at FAU Softball Stadium. UMass secured an 8-0 win in the first game of the day before falling to Southern Indiana 4-2 on the second day of the Joan Joyce Classic.

UMass moves to 6-8 overall on the season, winning six of its last eight.  

Massachusetts returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 22 with a second matchup against FAU at 11:30 a.m. 

In the opening game of the day, seven Minutewomen recorded hits and Kelsey Blanchette picked up her first career shutout to hand Massachusetts its sixth victory of the season. The offensive unit was led by Odyssey Torres, who added a base hit to extended her hit streak to nine games, Brooke Musch and Olivia Packard, who had three and two RBIs respectively.

UMass plated the first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. Lily Woodworth worked a walk to open the inning, but the following two batters went down by way of the K. Teigan Walsh started a two out rally however, starting a stretch of three straight singles and a base clearing double by Musch to put Massachusetts up 4-0. Musch stole third and later scored on a wild pitch to extend the UMass lead to 5-0.

In the following inning, the Minutewomen used two Jayhawk errors and a basehit from Woodworth to tack on two more runs and take a commanding 7-0 lead through three innings.

Consecutive singles from Torres and Riley Kairer in the fourth plated the eighth run for the Minutewomen. 

The Jayhawks worked a single in the top of the fifth, but Blanchette continued her dominance on the circle, forcing two groundouts and a fly out to end the game by run-rule, 8-0, in favor of the Minutewomen.

Blanchette (2-4) picked up the first shutout of her early career, securing the victory while allowing only five hits, one hit by pitch and two strikeouts in 5.0 innings. Barber (3-3) had the loss for Kansas, surrendering five runs on four hits, two walks and two strikeouts. 

Blanchette's shutout marked the first time this season the Jayhawks have gone scoreless on the diamond. 

Miami 10, Radford 2 | Box Score
Miami 1, Campbell 0 | Box Score
BUIES CREEK, NC. – The Miami University softball team took on Radford University and Campbell University on Saturday afternoon. The RedHawks swept both games, earning a 10–2 win against Radford and a 1–0 win against Campbell.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1 vs Radford) NOTES: HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2 vs Campbell) NOTES: UP NEXT:
The RedHawks play again tomorrow, Feb. 22, against the University of Iowa at 10 a.m. in Buies Creek, NC. 

Northern Illinois 11, Morehead State 3 | Box Score
Northern Illinois 8, North Carolina A&T 7 | Box Score
Recap coming soon… 

Ohio 4, Charleston Southern 1 | Box Score
Penn State 16, Ohio 1 | Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Ohio softball team (9-5) returned to action on Saturday (Feb. 21) for the final day of the UCF Space U Classic in Orlando, Fla. Ohio took the first game of the day against Charleston Southern (3-11), 4-1 before falling to Penn State (11-2), 16-1 in six innings. 

GAME ONE: Ohio 4, Charleston Southern 1 
Overall, Ohio scored four runs on six hits and committed two errors, while Charleston Southern scored one run on three hits with no errors.  

Individually, senior Colleen Bare (Pickerington, Ohio) went 2-for-3 at the plate, including a triple, one RBI and two runs. Senior Belle Hummel (Cincinnati, Ohio) went 2-for-4 and scored two runs, and junior Izzie Wilson (Delaware, Ohio) recorded three RBI. 

In the circle, graduate student Skipp Miller (Bradford, Ohio) got the start and win, pitching seven innings, allowing one run on three hits, walked two and struck out seven.  

Hummel opened play for the Bobcats in the top of the first, recording a single up the middle, followed by stealing second base. A walk and groundout put Hummel and Bare in scoring position before a two RBI single from Wilson brought the runners home for an early 2-0 lead. 

The Bucs responded in the bottom of the first, scoring one run to cut the Bobcat lead in half. Hummel got on base again in the top of the second, then raced home off a Bare RBI triple to set the score at 3-1. 

After a scoreless third and fourth innings, Ohio extended its advantage in the fifth off a sacrifice fly for a 4-1 lead. Strong pitching from Miller held Charleston Southern to no hits for the remainder of the game, giving the Bobcats the 4-1 victory.

Western Michigan 12, Butler 2 | Box Score
Western Kentucky 8, Western Michigan 4 | Box Score
Recap coming soon…